Girls Aloud Are A Critically Acclaimed British-Irish Girl Group Comprising Nicola Roberts Nadine Coyle Cheryl Kimberley Walsh And Sarah Harding. The Band Was Formed On The Reality TV Show Popstars The Rivals In Which A Girl Band Was Pitted Against A Boy Band In The Race For The UK Christmas Number One Single In 2002. Girls Aloud Came Out On Top With Their Debut Single Sound Of The Underground Hitting Number One And Earning Them A Place In The Guinness Book Of World Records As The First Girl Band In British History To Debut At Number One. Read More On Last.Fm
A Number Of Snooty Rock Critics Expressed Their Surprise That Former Smiths Member Johnny Marr Played Harmonica On This Pop Song. Here's Marr's Explanation To Uncut Magazine As To What Possessed Him To Work With The Chart-Friendly Five-Piece "I Was Working With Girls Aloud Producer Brian Higgins On A Pet Shop Boys Record And I Let It Slip That I Liked The Guitars On A Couple Of Girls Aloud's Early Singles. So He Got Me In A Headlock Took Me From Behind And Before I Knew It I Had A Harmonica In My Mouth. No I Loved Doing It. I Am Evangelical About Pop Music. The Idea That Pop Is Crass And Commercial Is An Olf-Fashioned Rockist Conceit Linked To The Whole "Disco Sucks" Campaign. I Always Saw The Smiths As A Pop Group. Sparks Roxy Music Bowie Sweet All Made Great Pop-45s. I've Always Held On To The Nobility And Aspirations Of Pop And What It Can Be." Marr Also Played Guitar On Another Girls Aloud Track "Rolling Back The Rivers In Time."